What is the slope of the line passing through $(-4,-3); (-2,7)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-07T10:22:46

slope $m=5$

Let the points be
$(x_2, y_2)=( -2, 7)$
$(x_1, y_1)=(-4, -3)$

Slope $m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)=(7-(-3))/(-2-(-4))=(7+3)/(-2+4)=10/2=5$

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What is the slope of the line passing through (-4,-3); (-2,7) (-4,-3); (-2,7)?